History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
hardcover. O"How to Win an Election" was a delight--and "How to Run a Country" is even better. Cicero's acute observations about how to govern will resonate with everyone who recognizes that the tribalism, ideological extremism, and coarsened culture of politics today urgently need to change."--Norman J. Ornstein, co-author of "It's Even Worse Than It Looks." Translator(s): Freeman, Philip. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HPCA; HPS; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 122 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691156576
- ISBN
- 9780691156576
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€ 19.99€ 15.04
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Paperback. At the root of Wittgenstein's thought, Monk argues, is a determination to resist the scientism characteristic of our age, a determination to insist on the integrity and autonomy of non- scientific forms of understanding. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862077249
- ISBN
- 9781862077249
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€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Jean-Paul Sartre is best known as the preeminent philosopher of individual freedom. He is the one who told us that we are totally free. This work shows how the early existentialist Sartre became, in stages, the political champion of the oppressed. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 200 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862078758
- ISBN
- 9781862078758
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€ 17.99€ 13.09
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Paperback. Plato is the foundational thinker of European speculative thought. This book explores the intellectual milieu that gave rise to Plato's thinking and emphasizes the influence of Socrates, whose devotion to the examined life and death at the hands of Athenian democracy are memorialized in many of Plato's writings. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080325
- ISBN
- 9781847080325
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€ 15.99€ 11.57
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Paperback. Montaigne is known for his exploration of the subject or the self. This work discusses these and other aspects of Montaigne's work "Essais" as features in the mapping of a mental landscape. Taking passages from different chapters of the "Essais", it guides readers through Montaigne's investigation of the subtle shades and stirrings of the mind. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781862079441
- ISBN
- 9781862079441
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 117
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079915
- ISBN
- 9781862079915
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Condition: New
€ 12.61
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Paperback. Jung was the original anti-psychiatrist, who believed that the real patient was not the suffering individual, but a sick and ailing Western civilization. Through a series of readings of Jung's works, this book explores the radical themes at the core of Jung's psychology, and interprets the dynamic vision of the whole self that inspires his work. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862077263
- ISBN
- 9781862077263
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€ 17.99€ 13.09
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Paperback. David Hume is generally recognized as the United Kingdom's greatest philosopher, as well as a notable historian and essayist, and a central figure of the Enlightenment. This book describes how Hume can be placed as one of the earliest, and most successful, evolutionary psychologists. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 118
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080332
- ISBN
- 9781847080332
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Paperback. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862077669
- ISBN
- 9781862077669
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€ 15.99€ 11.57
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 130
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862077676
- ISBN
- 9781862077676
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Paperback. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862077683
- ISBN
- 9781862077683
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Paperback. To what extent does our social existence determine who we are? What is the meaning of sexuality for human existence? This work explores the philosophical basis of Simone de Beauvoir's reflections on these and other questions, from her early moral period, through her post-war philosophical crisis, to the polymathic studies of her mature thought. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862078741
- ISBN
- 9781862078741
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€ 9.99€ 9.18
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Paperback. Thinkers such as Aristotle, Plato and Parmenides have shaped the way we see the world. This work explores the central theories of their works. It investigates the diversity of Greek and Roman thought, and provides an insight into the influence of its texts on the later history of ideas. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 116
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079977
- ISBN
- 9781862079977
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.51
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hardcover. Translator(s): Freeman, Philip. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167701
- ISBN
- 9780691167701
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Condition: New
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paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241961063
- ISBN
- 9780241961063
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€ 19.99€ 12.37
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Hardcover. Plato's dialogues show Socrates at different ages, beginning when he was about nineteen and already deeply immersed in philosophy and ending with his execution five decades later. This title investigates the evolution of Socrates' philosophy. It charts Socrates' gradual discovery of a proper politics to shelter and advance philosophy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226470962
- ISBN
- 9780226470962
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Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 79.85
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Paperback. Plato's dialogues show Socrates at different ages, beginning when he was about nineteen and already deeply immersed in philosophy and ending with his execution five decades later. Offering an analysis of Plato's "Protagoras, Charmides, and Republic", this book charts Socrates' discovery of a proper politics to shelter and advance philosophy. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226006284
- ISBN
- 9780226006284
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816526499
- ISBN
- 9780816526499
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Condition: New
€ 36.02
€ 36.02
Hardback. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792308201
- ISBN
- 9780792308201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.23
€ 198.23
Paperback. This work examines the concept of trust from the angle of the trustee, rather than the truster. Rather than thinking of trust as risk-taking, Potter views it as equally a matter of responsibility-taking. She looks at trust particularly in the context of power relations. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511514
- ISBN
- 9780742511514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.32
€ 65.32